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The Utah Museum of Fine Arts is proud to be participating in the 2013 Day With(out) Art this Sunday, December 1. If you visit the UMFA this Sunday, you will see a sculpture by Minimalist artist Carl Andre–rather, you won’t see it, because it will be cloaked in black fabric in recognition of Day With(out) Art, which coincides with the World Health Organization’s World AIDS Day. Andre’s sculpture, “Fermator”–made of crossed, pre-cut columns of red cedar– is a bold presence in our Modern […]

December 1, 2012, marks World AIDS day. The Utah Museum of Fine Arts joins with arts organizations around the world to participate in A Day With(Out) Art by shrouding a significant work in our collection. This year’s work will be Female Torso V & A by Auguste Rodin. I came of age during a time when it felt like AIDS was lurking everywhere, and was for so many of us an obsessive playground curiosity (how does one get it? No, […]

Today, December 1, 2011 the Utah Museum of Fine Arts will participate in its annual observance of World AIDS Day by covering a selected work of art from the permanent collection with a black cloth. The UMFA will conceal a 17th century painting, Momento Mori, during visiting hours. This gesture is presented in recognition of Day With(out) Art, a global event that aims to acknowledge the complex issues surrounding the lives of individuals living with HIV or AIDS. The painting […]

If you walked through the Africa: Arts of a Continent exhibition on Dec. 1st, you may have been slightly confused when you encountered a large case completely draped in a black cloth. The UMFA chose to conceal the beautiful Sowei helmet mask to mark its annual observance of Day With(out) Art, a worldwide event was started in 1989 by Visual Aids, a group of artists and activists who promote awareness of HIV infection and AIDS-related illnesses. “Today, the landscape of […]